Show y rA PASSENGERS SN fRS AND CREW REMAIN ON Disabled Liner Sends Out Message After Hours of Silence I SEA VERY ROUGH R 0 UGH I II I Thrilling Rescue Race Under Way AUCKLAND N. N Z Aug 17 Sun I day UP The Norwegian steamer Penbryn was wal expected to reach the Tahiti about 2 p. p m. m m to take off the passengers and crew The bulkhead on the number 3 engine room of the Tahiti has buckled bucked according to messages re received received i here but no more water re-I re is isI flowing into the tho hold hoW I I SUVA Fiji Islands Aug 17 UP Sunday Sunday Although Although an SOS call was sent ent to all radio stations and ships on the Pacific early today by the steamer Tahiti saying it was abandoning ship the tho vessel was wu still afloat with all passengers passenger and crew craw members member aboard several leveral hours later according to radio tion At 1130 a. a m. m Saturday a. a a. a m. m P. P S. S T. T an SOS call was nas received hero here sa saying the Tahiti passengers passengers pas paz order ordered d to life b boats ts This indicated d abandonment of tl the ship Several hours later a cable wa was received from lom Samoa saying it had Intercepted ted a radiogram from the theT T Tahiti which told told- of l' l rough ugh seas at the time the SOS SOS' call was sent This indicated that lifeboats had been beth under hazardous con con- At 7 a. a m. m Sunday Sunda Suva 11 a. a m m. Saturday P. P S S. S T. T the Tahiti was heard from again aft after r several hours hours' silence ARE STILL ABOARD This message the latest information information tion to come from the Tahiti ThIU said everyone was aboard although the ship was still In trouble The peri period d dt of t silence after the tho SOS call can and the message saying the ship had hadit hadnot hadnot not it been abandoned was not ex explained ex- ex The SOS call caU started one ono of ot the most thrilling rescue races races across the south Pacific in recent nt years cars Two Iwo Norwegian freighters an in- in steamer and the Matson Matlon liner Uner Ventura all dropped other othel business and hurried to the spot on the Pacific about 1000 2000 miles northeast northeast north- north east cast of or Auckland New Zealand where in view of or messages from the Tahiti it t was atS thought persons were ere bein being tossed about in tiny lifeboats According to the latest Information information tion from the Tahiti the one of ot the Norwegian freighters is expected to arrive late Sunday around midnight P. P S. S T. T and all passengers and ere crow crew members 8 will willbe willbe be transferred to the Norwegian Continued d on page pagO 5 5 PASSENGERS AND CREW REMAIN ON STRICKEN VESSEL Continued from page 1 essel vessel The will stand standby standy b by y through the night until Monday Monda morning In Suva Su ON UNCHARTED SEA In leaving to a assist the Tahiti the lid Ventura left the usual steamer lanes Janes ancs cut cutting across practically an uncharted sea She was miles away and cannot possibly arrive c until after the has removed re- re moved loved the tho passengers and crew members The Tho surprising message from Crom the Tahiti relieved cd the minds of ot shipping shipping ship- ship ping ing men through the Island ports ot of f the south Pacific From pr previous messages it was I known that the Tahiti had broken a propeller shaft lost Jost the prop propeller and nd shipped considerable water Eleven feet teet of water cov covered red the engine en engine en- en n- n gine rooms looms at one time Knowledge o that tho the persons were ere aboard board the stricken vessel was the he best kind of ot news neus Indications are re now noVo that the sea Is rough round the Tahiti and being aboard the he s shIp hip even en though thought It is is badly disabled is 18 Is probably pret preferable to drifting helplessly s In small life life- |